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• Auction House:
  Webb's
• Sale Name:
  The Gibson Collection of Orders, Decorations and Medals
• Sale Date:
  09 Apr 2014 ~ 6.30pm (NZ time)
• Lot #:
  50
• Lot Description:
  Group of 6 to Sergeant William James Ramsay, MM, Otago Regiment, 1NZEF.
  (i) Military Medal (MM), King George V (12-1777 SJT: W J Ramsay, 2/Otago R.). (ii) 1914-15 Star (12/1777 SJT W J Ramsay, NZEF). (iii) British War Medal 1914-18(12/1777 SJT W J Ramsay, NZEF). (iv) Victory Medal 1919 (12/1777 SJT W J Ramsay, NZEF). (v) War Medal 1939-45. (vi) New Zealand War Service Medal 1939-45. MM, Second Supplement to London Gazette, 12 November 1918, as a sergeant, Otago Regiment, for his actions in France on 15 August 1918 (no citation).
• Provenance:
  From the collection of Lt-Col T C Wallace, QSM, ED, JP, of Cambridge (1902-1987).
• Notes:
  Ramsay was born on 4 March 1888 at Thames. He was a fireman. He served from 14 December 1914 to 21 January 1919, in Egypt, Gallipoli (1915) and Western Europe (1916-18). He was wounded at Gallipoli on 2 August 1915 but recovered and returned to the front. Promoted Lance-Corporal 1 June 1916. Transferred from Auckland Infantry Battalion to Otago Infantry Battalion. Entitled to Gallipoli Medallion. Died 29 June 1965.
• Estimate:
  NZ$2,500 - 3,000
• Realised Price:
  Undisclosed
• Category:
  Militaria & Weapons

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